EP0856433B1 - Warnungsvorrichtung für den abstand zwischen autos - Google Patents

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EP0856433B1
EP0856433B1 EP95934315A EP95934315A EP0856433B1 EP 0856433 B1 EP0856433 B1 EP 0856433B1 EP 95934315 A EP95934315 A EP 95934315A EP 95934315 A EP95934315 A EP 95934315A EP 0856433 B1 EP0856433 B1 EP 0856433B1
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  • This invention relates to a highly reliable car-to-car distance alarm device for use in an automobile, endowed with two kinds of alarm, i.e. a car-to-car alarm and a rear-end collision alarm, adapted to emit these alarms by using two kinds of formula of decision and discriminate the kind of object for measurement, judge the danger ascribable to the discriminated kind of object, and thereby allow infallible issuance of an alarm in a state necessitating deceleration or manipulation of brakes, and furthermore enabled to reduce incorrect alarms by a guardrail etc.
  • two kinds of alarm i.e. a car-to-car alarm and a rear-end collision alarm
  • the judgement of the presence or absence of a dangerous situation is generally accomplished by emitting one beam or three beams of laser light thereby measuring the distance to an object for measurement and comparing the measured distance with the safety car-to-car distance in accordance with one formula of decision.
  • Some of these devices are adapted such that the user is allowed to adjust freely the timing of issuing an alarm by adequately varying the safety car-to-car distance used in the formula of decision (refer to JP-A-58-10,198, for example).
  • the conventional car-to-car distance alarm devices for an automobile emit the laser light in one beam or three beams for the measurement of the distance. They are, therefore, incapable of discriminating between such items as guardrails, road signs, and other facilities attendant on roads, slopes of mountains, and walls of buildings which obstruct the travel of the user's own automobile and such items as vehicles running ahead and obstacles on roads which can obstruct the travel of the user's own automobile and often tend to issue an erroneous alarm such as by a guardrail.
  • an object of this invention to provide a highly reliable car-to-car distance alarm device for an automobile, which is capable of infallibly issuing an alarm in a state necessitating deceleration or manipulation of brakes, even in the case where the user has set the issuance of an alarm difficult.
  • This invention is directed to a car-to-car distance alarm device for an automobile, adapted to measure a distance between a user's own automobile and an object existing ahead of the own automobile, judge the presence or absence of danger based on distance data thus obtained, and issue an alarm on the case where it is judged to be dangerous, which device is provided with a first alarm to be issued when it is in such a state as urges alert and necessitates deceleration or application of brakes and a second alarm to be issued when it is in such a state as deserves alert and yet falls short of necessitating deceleration or application of brakes and enabled to judge the question whether the first alarm is issued, the second alarm is issued, or neither of the alarms is issued in accordance with a first formula of decision formed of one or more formulas of decision concerning a safety car-to-car distance and a second formula of decision concerning a difference of speed between the own automobile and the object. Owing to this construction, the device is enabled to issue the alarm (first alarm) infallibly in
  • This invention is also directed to the car-to-car distance alarm device for an automobile mentioned above, which is provided with distance measuring means for emitting a light beam in a prescribed plurality of directions and measuring a distance to an object in the plurality of directions, first discriminating means for comparing a change of the distance measured in the first and the second measurement in the same direction by the distance measuring means with a distance of travel of the own automobile and discriminating whether an object existing in that direction is a moving object or a fixed object, second discriminating means for, when the first discriminating means has judged the presence of not less than a prescribed number of fixed objects ahead of the own automobile, regressing distance data thereof to find the standard deviation and comparing the obtained standard deviation with a prescribed value thereby discriminating whether or not the fixed objects are exclusively nonobstacles incapable of obstructing the travel of the own automobile, danger deciding means for deciding the presence or absence of danger by a prescribed formula of decision, depending on the kind of object discriminated by the first discriminating means or the second discriminating means, and alarm issuing
  • Fig. 1 illustrates the construction of a car-to-car distance alarm device for an automobile as a preferred embodiment of this invention.
  • This car-to-car distance alarm device of this invention is provided with a light projecting part 1 for sequentially and intermittently emitting a beam of laser light having a prescribed wavelength (a near infrared laser beam, for example) in a prescribed plurality of directions (six directions, for example).
  • This light projecting part 1 preferably incorporates therein a light source such as a semiconductor laser diode for oscillating a near infrared laser beam and an emission plate for varying the angle of emission of the near infrared laser beam.
  • a pulse generating part 2 which generates a pulse signal for causing intermittent oscillation of the near infrared laser beam at a prescribed cycle in the light source mentioned above.
  • the emission plate incorporated in the light projecting part 1 is driven by an emission plate driving motor 3 within a prescribed range of motion.
  • the emission plate driving motor 3 is driven by a motor driving part 4.
  • the motor driving part 4 is composed of such a power element as a power transistor, a signal converting part for positioning the motor 3, etc.
  • the reflected light which is produced when the near infrared laser beam emitted from the light projecting part 1 impinges on an object for measurement is detected by a light receiving part 5.
  • a time/voltage converting part 6 which converts the time intervening between a point at which the light projecting part 1 emits the near infrared laser beam and a point at which the beam returns to the light receiving part 5 after being reflected on the object under measurement into a voltage.
  • This time/voltage converting part 6 is connected also to the pulse generating part 2 so as to establish synchronization with the timing of emission of the near infrared laser beam.
  • a voltage analog signal (time data) emitted from the time/voltage converting part 6 is converted by an A/D converter 7 into a digital signal and then transmitted to an operation processing part 9 which will be mentioned later.
  • an own car's speed detecting part 8 for detecting a speed of the user's own automobile.
  • An analog signal (own car's speed data) emitted from the own car's speed detecting part 8 is likewise converted by the A/D converter 7 into a digital signal and then transmitted to the operation processing part 9.
  • This operation processing part 9 is intended to compute the distance to an object under measurement based on the time data from the time/voltage converting part 6 and decide the degree of danger based on the resultant distance data.
  • the operation processing part 9 comprises microcomputers, for example, and incorporates such memories as ROM and RAM therein. The measurement of distance is performed in six directions as mentioned above.
  • the kind of object under measurement can be discriminated as described specifically below.
  • the pulse generating part 2 and the motor driving, part 4 mentioned above.
  • the pulse generating part 2 and the motor driving part 4 are severally started/stopped by an operation start/stop signal emanating from the operation processing part 9 and are mutually synchronized.
  • a display part 10 which fills the role of displaying the outcomes of the arithmetic operations, namely the distance to the object under measurement and the degree of danger and so forth, and issuing a relevant alarm.
  • the distance measuring means is composed of the light projecting part 1, pulse generating part 2, emission plate driving motor 3, motor driving part 4, light receiving part 5, time/voltage converting part 6, A/D converter 7, and operation processing part 9, the first and the second discriminating means and danger deciding means are composed of the operation processing part 9, and the alarm issuing means is composed of the display part 10.
  • the present device is endowed with two kinds of car-to-car distance alarm, i.e. a rear-end collision alarm as the first alarm and a car-to-car alarm (particularly a car-to-car alarm in the narrow sense of the word, meaning "car-to-car danger alarm” which will be specifically described herein below) as the second alarm, and they are decided by using two kinds of formula of decision as will be described specifically herein below.
  • car-to-car alarm means the case in which the user' s automobile approximates so closely to an object for measurement ahead that the user must be alert and nevertheless can cope with the situation without deceleration or application of brakes and the term “rear-end collision alarm” means the case in which the user's automobile approximates so closely to an object for measurement ahead that the user must definitely resort to deceleration or application of brakes.
  • the car-to-car alarm is issued when the current traveling speed of other automobile is not less than 50 km/h because the user has no use for deceleration or application of brakes
  • the rear-end collision alarm is issued when the current traveling speed of other automobile is less than 50 km/h because the user must resort to deceleration or application of brakes.
  • the car-to-car distance alarm device for an automobile which is constructed as described above can be mounted on various automobiles such as passenger car, bus, truck, special vehicle, and two-wheeler which are chiefly used on roads.
  • This device is constructed such that it can detect an object falling in a zone about 100 m ahead and about 8.5 m wide.
  • the light projecting part 1 continuously varies within the prescribed range of motion the angle of the emission plate disposed therein by means of the emission plate driving motor 3 actuated by the motor driving part 4 so as to emit the near infrared laser beam in six directions with the direction of this emission changed one degree (°) at a time and meanwhile oscillates the near infrared laser beam at the prescribed cycle from the light source (semiconductor laser diode) in accordance with the pulse signal generated in the pulse generating part 2 which is synchronized with the variation of angle.
  • the area of detection in the foreground is about 5 degrees (°) in terms of angle.
  • the distance to an object for measurement ahead in a given direction can be measured by clocking the time which intervenes between a point at which the near infrared laser beam is emitted and a point at which it is returned after being reflected on an object for measurement falling in that direction.
  • the reflected light in each of the directions from the object for measurement is detected by the light receiving part 5, the time intervening between the point of emission from the light projecting part 1 and the point of return to the light receiving part 5 after reflection is measured in the form of the magnitude of voltage at the time/voltage converting part 6, and the magnitude thus measured is transmitted via the A/D converter 7 to the operation processing part 9.
  • the operation processing part 9 computes the distance to the object for measurement based on the data of time from the time/voltage converting part 6 and the velocity of light.
  • the measurement of distance in the six directions is carried out by one scan in the manner described above.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates the construction of the display part 10 shown in Fig. 1.
  • This display part 10 is roughly composed of an LED part 21 for displaying numerical values etc., an alarm lamp 22 for indicating the kind of alarm, a mode switch 23 for the user's own setting, an ON/OFF switch 24 for the power source, and a speaker 25 for emitting a sound of alarm.
  • the LED part 21 comprises three 7-segment LED's 21a, 21b, and 21c and one decimal point LED 21d.
  • the alarm lamp 22 comprises a green LED 22a, an orange LED 22b, and a red LED 22c.
  • the mode switch 23 for user's setting is composed of a mode selection switch 23a for selecting modes, an up ( ⁇ ) switch 23b to be used in increasing the numerical value displayed in the LED part 21 or selecting the ON state, and a down ( ⁇ ) switch 23c to be used in decreasing the numerical value displayed in the LED part 21 or selecting the OFF state.
  • Fig. 3 explains the contents of the mode for the user's setting.
  • This invention contemplates judging the car-to-car alarm and the rear-end collision alarm severally by using two kinds of formula of decision as described above. It also allows the user to adjust the timings severally for emitting the car-to-car alarm and the rear-end collision alarm at his own discretion (personal errors such as due to speed of reaction and character).
  • the adjustment of the timing for issuing an alarm is carried out, for example, by varying the so-called foot transfer time (the driver's retardation in reaction) .
  • the present device allows even the ON/OFF of the sound of alarm, the alignment of the optical axis, the setting of the volume of the sound of alarm and so forth in addition to the setting of timing for a rear-end collision/car-to-car alarm as described above.
  • the mode can be switched sequentially by giving a push at a time to the mode selecting switch 23a after the power source has been turned on by the power source ON/OFF switch 24.
  • the present device has seven modes prepared for the user's setting. The number identifying the set mode is displayed on the 7-segment LED 21a. Mode 1, for example, is a mode for setting the timing for issuing the rear-end collision alarm.
  • the user is allowed to set the foot transfer time T 2 for the rear-end collision alarm freely by manipulating the up switch 23b and the down switch 23c.
  • the foot transfer time T 2 thus set for the rear-end collision alarm is displayed on the 7-segment LED's 21b and 21c.
  • Mode 2 is a switch mode for turning ON/OFF the sound of alarm for the rear-end collision alarm; the status ON is set by depressing the up switch 23b and the status OFF the down switch 23c. The state of the ON/OFF setting is displayed on the 7-segment LED's 21b and 21c.
  • Mode 3 is a mode for setting the timing for issuing the car-to-car alarm; the foot transfer time T 1 for the car-to-car alarm can be freely set by the up switch 23b and the down switch 23c. The foot transfer time T 1 so set for the car-to-car alarm is displayed on the 7-segment LED' s 21b and 21c.
  • Mode 6 is a mode for confirming the current traveling speed of the user's own automobile.
  • the speed of the own automobile detected by the own car' s speed detecting part 8 is displayed on the 7-segment LED's 21b and 21c.
  • Mode 7 is a mode for setting the volume of sound of the alarm sound.
  • the present device is allowed to set the volume of sound at the two steps, HI (large) and LO (small).
  • the status of the level of the sound volume thus set is displayed on the 7-segment LED's 21b and 21c.
  • the present device is furnished with a standard mode for allowing the car-to-car distance measured during the operation of the device to be displayed in units of 1 m, for example, on the 7-segment LED's 21a - 21c.
  • This standard mode is set immediately after the power source has been turned on or it is set each time the mode selecting switch 23a is depressed once from the status of Mode 7 for the user's setting. Specifically, whenever the mode selecting switch 23a is depressed once at a time, the mode is switched sequentially in the order of standard mode ⁇ Mode 1 ⁇ Mode 2 ⁇ Mode 3 ⁇ Mode 4 ⁇ Mode 5 ⁇ Mode 6 ⁇ Mode 7 ⁇ standard mode, for example.
  • Fig. 4 explains the contents of the car-to-car distance alarm.
  • This embodiment contemplates broadly dividing the car-to-car distance alarm into a car-to-car alarm in the broad sense of the word which does not require such measure as application of brakes and a rear-end collision alarm which requires such measure as application of brakes. Then, the car-to-car alarm in the broad sense of the word is divided first by the degree of danger of collision into a car-to-car danger alarm (a car-to-car alarm in the narrow sense of the word) and a car-to-car alert alarm and the car-to-car alert alarm is likewise divided into two kinds.
  • the red LED 22c is flickered (display of rear-end collision alarm) and the speaker 25 emits a sound of alarm where the sound of alarm of the rear-end collision alarm has been set to the ON status.
  • the red LED 22c is lighted (display of car-to-car danger alarm) and the speaker 25 emits a sound of alarm where the sound of alarm of the car-to-car alarm has been set to the ON status.
  • the orange LED 22b is lighted where the degree of danger is on the higher side in the two steps or the green LED 22a is lighted where the degree of danger is on the lower side (display of car-to-car alert alarm).
  • Fig. 5 is a main flow chart schematically illustrating the operation of the operation processing part 9 shown in Fig. 1.
  • the near infrared laser beam is emitted in six directions as shifted by one degree (°) at a time to measure the distances of objects for measurement in the six directions. This measurement of distance in the six directions is performed up to two repetitions a brief interval apart.
  • step S2 the data obtained at the step S1 is processed (step S2) and the resultant data is used for discriminating the kind of each of the objects for measurement (step S3).
  • This operation in brief, consists in comparing the changes of distances found in the first and the second measurement in the same directions with the distance of travel of the user's own automobile thereby discriminating whether each of them is a moving object (an automobile such as a four-wheeler and two-wheeler in motion etc.) or a fixed object (a vehicle at rest, obstacle, etc.) and, when the presence of the fixed object is confirmed, discriminating whether the fixed object is a small obstacle or large one, depending on whether the fixed object is present in not less than three of the total of six directions and, when it is found as the large obstacle, regressing the distance data and finding the standard deviation, and judging whether those fixed objects are exclusively nonobstacles such as guardrails or includes other obstacles, depending on the magnitude of the found standard deviation.
  • step S3 the question as to whether or not the objects for measurement found at the step S3 include those satisfying the condition for executing the decision on danger which will be described specifically herein below is judged at the step S4.
  • step S5 the processing for judging danger is carried out
  • step S6 the processing for displaying an alarm
  • the processing for judging danger at the step S5 is intended, as will be described afterward, to execute the judgment of danger, depending on the kind of an object for measurement and further divide the alarm into a car-to-car alarm and a rear-end collision alarm on each occasion and emit these alarms by using two kinds of formula of decision.
  • step S7 The series of processing described above is repeated until completion of the series is indicated.
  • Fig. 6 is a flow chart of the process for measurement of distance shown in Fig. 5.
  • the infrared laser beam is emitted from the projector 1 in six directions to effect the first measurement of distance in six directions
  • the data of distance in the six directions L 11 , L 21 , L 31 , L 41 , L 51 , and L 61 consequently obtained are stored in the memory (RAM; similarly applicable hereinafter) (step S11)
  • the own car's speed v 1 during the first measurement is detected by the own car's speed detecting part 8 and then stored in the memory (step S12).
  • the second measurement of distance in the six directions is executed after an interval of a brief time, the data of distance in the six directions L 12 , L 22 , L 32 , L 42 , L 32 , and L 62 consequently obtained are stored in the memory (step S13), and the own car's speed v 2 during the second measurement is detected by the own car's speed detecting part 8 and stored in the memory (step S14).
  • Fig. 7 is a flow chart of the data processing shown in Fig. 5.
  • Fig. 8 is a flow chart of the processing of discrimination of an object for measurement shown in Fig. 5.
  • step S31 the j value which is a parameter representing a direction is set at 1 (step S31), the change of distance between the first and the second measurement in the direction j found at the step S21 is compared with the distance of the own car's travel ⁇ d found at the step S24, and the question as to whether or not the absolute value of the difference between the two distances (
  • the judgment derives YES as the answer the object for measurement is judged to be a fixed object incapable of motion (step S33) because the own car ought to have traveled over substantially the change of the measured distances.
  • step S34 the object for measurement is judged to be a moving object such as other vehicle (step S34). Since it is safe to conclude that most moving objects on a road are other vehicles, the following description presumes other vehicle as a moving object.
  • step S35 the question whether or not the j value is 6 is judged (step S35) and the flow of the process advances to the step S37 when the answer is in the affirmative.
  • step S34 the j value is incremented by 1 (step S34) and the flow of process returns to the step S32.
  • the question whether the relevant object for measurement is a fixed object or other vehicle is judged.
  • the result of this judgment is stored in the memory as related at least with the data of distance L 12 -L 62 obtained by the second measurement.
  • the question whether or not a fixed object exists in the six directions is judged at the subsequent step S37.
  • the flow of process advances to the step S38 to discriminate the kind of the fixed object more specifically.
  • the judgment derives NO as the answer namely when nothing but other vehicle is detected, the process immediately returns and shifts to the processing for judgment of danger.
  • the question whether or not the fixed object exists in not less than three, for example, of the total of six directions is judged first at the step S38.
  • the fixed object is judged to be a small obstacle (step S39) because this fixed object exists only in two directions at most in all the six directions. The process immediately returns and shifts to the processing for judgment of danger.
  • the fixed object is judged to be a large obstacle because it is present in not less than three of the total of six directions. Subsequently, the question as to whether this fixed object is exclusively a nonobstacle such as a guardrail which does not obstruct the own car's travel or includes besides that an obstacle which obstructs the own car's travel is discriminated.
  • the second data of distance L j2 which is judged to be a fixed object is extracted from the memory (step S40), the extracted data of distance L j2 is regressed to compute the standard deviation ⁇ (step S41) and the question whether or not the found standard deviation ⁇ is not more than a prescribed value (0.5, for example) is judged (step S42).
  • this fixed object is judged to be a nonobstacle such as a guardrail, road sign, slope of a mountain, or wall of a building because the detected fixed object shows only a sparing dispersion of position and is consequently judged to be smoothly bent or straight and the result of this judgment is stored in the memory (step S43).
  • this fixed object is judged to include at least besides such as a guardrail an obstacle which obstructs the own car's travel because it shows too large a dispersion of position to justify a conclusion that it is exclusively such as a guardrail (step S45).
  • the car-to-car distance d during a safety stop which is used for the computation of the safety car-to-car distance as will be more specifically described hereinafter is set at 0.2 times the standard value (refer to the diagram of Fig. 20) (step S44) because this fixed object is exclusively such as a guardrail and forms no obstacle to the own car's travel.
  • the object for measurement is the nonobstacle such as a guardrail
  • the possible occurrence of an erroneous alarm due to such as a guardrail is markedly reduced because the safety car-to-car distance is so short as to render the issuance of an alarm difficult.
  • the process immediately returns without any modification and shifts to the processing for judgment of danger because the obstacle other than such as a guardrail is in need of ordinary judgment of danger.
  • the correction of the car-to-car distance d during a safety stop at the step S44 may be carried out when the safety car-to-car distances D, D 1 , and D 2 are computed as described specifically herein below.
  • the obstacle 33 on the foreground of the guardrail 32 can be detected (step S45) by the judgment at the step S42.
  • the question whether the detected objects for measurement include those which fulfill the condition for the execution of judgment of danger is judged at the step S4 shown in Fig. 5.
  • This condition for the execution of judgment of danger forms the basis for judging whether or not the judgment of danger is actually necessary and consists in preparatorily setting a prescribed area with the directions (angles) and distances of the beams to be emitted and carrying out judgment of danger with respect exclusively to objects which happen to exist within the area.
  • This setting of the area for example, may be implemented with emphasis laid on such objects as fall on the same lane that the own car travels on.
  • Direction 1, Direction 2, Direction 3, Direction 4, Direction 5, and Direction 6 reckoned sequentially from the left side onward stand for the directions of scan of the beam, for example, and the areas will be so set that an area of 25 m is assigned to each of the laterally outermost directions, i.e. Direction 1 and Direction 6, an area of 40 m to each of the inwardly adjoining directions, i.e. Direction 2 and Direction 5, and an area of 100 m to each of the central directions, i.e. Direction 3 and Direction 4.
  • this judgment derives YES as the answer all the objects for measurement that answer the relevant expressions are picked up and stored in the memory.
  • the flow of process immediately advances to the step S7 because all the objects for measurement fall at such positions as form no obstacle to the own car's travel and no judgment of danger is required.
  • Fig. 9 is a flow chart of the processing of judgment of danger shown in Fig. 5.
  • step S51 the objects for measurement answering the condition for execution of judgment of danger found at the step S4 are surveyed to extract the object having the smallest distance L j2 of measurement (step S51) and the question whether or not the extracted object for measurement is other vehicle (step S52).
  • step S52 the question whether or not the extracted object for measurement is other vehicle.
  • step S53 the program for judgment of danger with respect to a vehicle is executed (step S53).
  • step S54 the program for judgment of danger with respect to a fixed object is carried out.
  • Fig. 10 - Fig. 12 are flow charts of the processing for judging danger with respect to a vehicle shown in Fig. 9.
  • step S61 the speed V 1 of other vehicle ahead of the own car is computed by the following formula (step S61).
  • V 1 V 2 + ⁇ L j / ⁇ t
  • step S62 the question whether or not the weather is rainy.
  • the braking distance f 1 (V 1 ) of other vehicle and the braking distance f 2 (V 2 ) of the own car are severally corrected, for example, to 1.5 times the standard value (Fig. 19 refers) (step S63) because the road has a slippery surface.
  • braking distance f(V) of a vehicle means the distance over which the vehicle travels between the time the brakes are applied and the time the vehicle is ultimately stopped. This distance varies with the speed V of vehicle.
  • the magnitude of the braking distance f (V) is properly set in advance by using as a parameter thereof the speed V of vehicle determined empirically with respect to the standard situation which excludes the factor of rainy weather.
  • Fig. 19 depicts one example of the set of braking distances.
  • the data of the braking distance f(V) which is set for a particular automobile furnishes more accurate information. Where the weather is not rainy, the flow of process immediately advances to the step S64 because the braking distance f(V) does not need to be corrected.
  • the distance Lc to other car is set. Specifically, the distance L j2 to the relevant other car found in the second measurement in the direction J is used as the value of the distance Lc.
  • step S65 the question whether or not the own car's deceleration is not less than 10% per second is judged. This judgment is carried out in accordance with the following formula, for example. (v 1 - v 2 )/ ⁇ t ⁇ 0.1
  • the device judges that the driver has not yet noticed the presence of other car and has not applied brakes and computes the safety car-to-car distance D by taking into account the free running distance f 3 (T) due to the time of delay of the driver's reaction (foot transfer time) T.
  • the safety car-to-car distance D 1 which takes into account the foot transfer time T 1 for car-to-car alarm and the safety car-to-car distance D 2 which takes into account the foot transfer time T 2 for rear-end collision alarm are computed separately of each other.
  • D 2 f 2 (V 2 ) + f 3 (T 2 ) - f 1 (V 1 ) - d wherein
  • the safety car-to-car distance D is computed in accordance with the following formula (step S70) and the flow of process is advanced to the next step S80.
  • D f 2 (V 2 ) - f 1 (V 1 ) - d
  • step S72 the question whether or not the distance Lc to another car is not less than the safety car-to-car distance D 2 found at the step S69, namely whether or not the following formula (hereinafter referred to as "first formula B of decision") is satisfied, is judged (step S72).
  • Lc - D 2 ⁇ 0 the car-to-car alert alarm is selected (step S77) because the degree of danger is not very high without reference to the choice between the foot transfer times T 1 and T 2 for the sake of consideration.
  • the car-to-car alert alarm comes in two steps, i.e. a green color and an orange color, as described above (Fig. 4 refers) .
  • the time allowed for applying the brakes is computed backward from the difference (Lc - D 1 ) between the distance Lc to other car and the safety car-to-car distance D 1 and the car-to-car alert alarm in the green color is selected when the found time allowance is not less than (T 1 + 1.5) seconds or the car-to-car alert alarm in the orange color is selected when the time allowance is not less than (T 1 + 0.5) seconds and less than (T 1 + 1.5) seconds.
  • the judgment derives NO as the answer (route Q), the flow of process advances to the step S73.
  • the foot transfer time T 2 for rear-end collision alarm is read out of the memory and the reference value X(T 2 ) for comparison is found.
  • the reference value X(T 2 ) is a set value which varies with the foot transfer time T 2 . In view of the undeniable possibility of collision, it is properly set in advance empirically.
  • Fig. 21 depicts one example thereof.
  • step S75 the question whether the difference of speed S found at the step S73 is greater than the reference value X(T 2 ) found at the step S74, namely whether the following formula (hereinafter referred to as the "second formula of decision") is fulfilled, is judged.
  • S > X(T 2 ) the rear-end collision alarm is selected (step S79).
  • step S76 the question whether or not the route reaching the judgment of step S75 is P, namely the question whether the judgment at the step S71 has derived NO or the judgment at the step S72 has derived NO, is judged (step S76).
  • the car-to-car alert alarm is selected (step S78) because the degree of danger is not very high, notwithstanding the distance Lc to other car is so smaller than the safety car-to-car distance D 1 (Lc ⁇ D 1 ) as to suggest necessity for alerting the driver.
  • the car-to-car alert alarm is selected (step S77) because this judgment occurs when YES is selected at the step S71, namely when the distance Lc to the other car is not less than the safety car-to-car distance D 1 due to the foot transfer time T 1 for car-to-car alarm (Lc ⁇ D 1 ), and further because the car-to-car alarm is judged on the basis of the foot transfer time T 1 .
  • the question whether a rear-end collision alarm is issued, a car-to-car danger alarm is issued, or a car-to-car alert alarm is issued is judged in accordance with the first formula of decision (Lc - D 1 ⁇ 0 and Lc - D 2 ⁇ 0) and the second formula of decision (S > X(T 2 )).
  • the user can freely adjust the timing for issuing the car-to-car alarm and the rear-end collision alarm separately of each other because the foot transfer time T 1 for car-to-car alarm and the foot transfer time T 2 for rear-end collision alarm can be designated separately of each other by the user as described above.
  • the rear-end collision alarm is infallibly issued in case of genuine need so long as the foot transfer time T 2 for rear-end collision alarm is set at the driver's own actual speed of reaction (the route of steps S71 ⁇ S72 ⁇ S73 ⁇ S74 ⁇ S75 ⁇ S79), notwithstanding the car-to-car danger alarm accompanied by the sound of alarm is issued only with difficulty (in which case the process will probably follow chiefly the route of steps S71 ⁇ S72 ⁇ S73 ⁇ S74 ⁇ S75 ⁇ S76 ⁇ S77).
  • step S80 the question whether or not the distance to other car Lc set at the step S64 is not less than the safety car-to-car distance D found at the step S70, namely whether or not the following formula (first formula of decision) is satisfied, is judged. Lc - D ⁇ 0 When this judgment derives YES as the answer, the car-to-car alert alarm is selected (step S84).
  • the operation for deciding between the selection of the car-to-car alert alarm of the green color and the selection of the car-to-car alert alarm of the orange color is performed similarly in the former case.
  • S > X(T 2 ) When this judgment derives YES as the answer, the rear-end collision alarm is selected (step S86).
  • the car-to-car danger alarm is selected (step S85).
  • step S91 the question whether or not the weather is rainy (step S91) is judged.
  • the own car's braking distance f 2 (V 2 ) is corrected, for example, to 1.5 times the standard value (Fig. 19 refers) (step S92).
  • the distance Ls to the fixed object is set (step S93).
  • the distance Ls in this case has the magnitude of the distance L j2 of the fixed object found in the second measurement in the direction j.
  • step S94 the question whether or not the own car's deceleration is not less than 10% is judged (step S94).
  • the foot transfer time T 1 for car-to-car alarm is read out (step S95)
  • the safety car-to-car distance D 1 is computed by the following formula (step S96)
  • D 1 f 2 (V 2 ) + f 3 (T 1 ) - d
  • the foot transfer time T 2 for rear-end collision alarm is read out (step S97)
  • step S98 the safety car-to-car distance
  • step S99 the safety car-to-car distance D is computed by the following formula (step S99) because the deceleration has been already proceeding and the foot transfer time does not need to be taken into account.
  • D f 2 (V 2 ) - d
  • step S44 in Fig. 8 the value resulting from correcting the standard value (Fig. 20 refers) (step S44 in Fig. 8 refers) is used as already described in order that the alarm is not easily issued when the fixed object happens to be a guardrail etc.
  • step S100 the question whether or not the distance Ls to the fixed object is not less than the safety car-to-car distance D 1 , namely whether or not the following formula (first formula A of decision) is satisfied, is judged (step S100).
  • Ls - D 1 ⁇ 0 When this judgment derives NO as the answer (route P), the flow of process immediately advances to the step S102.
  • step S101 the question whether or not the distance Ls to the fixed object is not less than the other safety car-to-car distance D 2 , namely the question whether or not the following formula (first formula B of decision) is satisfied, is judged (step S101).
  • Ls - D 2 ⁇ 0 the car-to-car alert alarm is selected (step S105).
  • the judgment derives NO as the answer the flow of process advances to the step 102.
  • the prescribed operation is further carried out to select either the car-to-car alert alarm in the green color or the car-to-car alert alarm in the orange color.
  • the foot transfer time T 2 for rear-end collision alarm is read out to find the reference value X(T 2 ) (Fig. 21 refers).
  • the question whether or not the own car's speed V 2 is greater than the reference value X(T 2 ), namely whether or not the following formula (second formula of decision) is satisfied, is judged (step S103).
  • V 2 > X(T 2 ) When the judgment derives YES as the answer, the rear-end collision alarm is selected (step S107).
  • the question whether the route reaching the judgment at the step S103 is P or Q is judged (step S104).
  • the car-to-car danger alarm is selected (step S106).
  • the judgment derives the route Q as the answer the car-to-car alert alarm is selected (step S105).
  • step S108 when the setting of the safety car-to-car distance D is completed where the own car's deceleration is not less than 10%, first the question whether or not the distance Ls to the fixed object is not less than the safety car-to-car distance D, namely whether or not the following formula (first formula of decision) is satisfied (step S108). Lc - D ⁇ 0 When this judgment derives YES as the answer, the car-to-car alert alarm is selected (step S111). Here again, the prescribed operation is further performed to select either the car-to-car alert alarm in the green color or the car-to-car alert alarm in the orange color.
  • the foot transfer time T 2 for rear-end collision alarm is read out to find the reference value X(T 2 ) (step S109) and the question whether or not the own car's speed V 2 is greater than the reference value X(T 2 ), namely whether or not the following formula (second formula of decision) is satisfied, is judged (step S110).
  • S > X(T 2 ) When this judgment derives YES as the answer, the rear-end collision alarm is selected (step S113).
  • the car-to-car danger alarm is selected (step S112).
  • the question whether a rear-end collision alarm is issued, a car-to-car danger alarm is issued, or a car-to-car alert alarm is issued is judged by using the first formula of decision (Lc - D 1 ⁇ 0 and Lc - D 2 ⁇ 0 or the like) and the second formula of decision (V 2 > X(T 2 ) or the like) and, moreover, the foot transfer time T 1 for car-to-car alarm and the foot transfer time T, for rear-end collision alarm can be designated separately of each other.
  • Fig. 16 is a flow chart of the processing for display . of alarm shown in Fig. 5.
  • step S121, step S122 the question what kind of alarm has been selected in the processing for judging danger at the step S53 or the step S54 is judged.
  • step S121, step S122 the rear-end collision alarm is displayed, namely the red color LED 22c disposed in the display part 10 is flickered (step S123).
  • step S124 the judgment finds the car-to-car danger alarm as the answer
  • step S124 the car-to-car alert alarm is displayed, namely the orange color LED 22b or the green color LED 22a is lighted, depending on the degree of danger.
  • the sound of alarm is issued to arouse the driver's attention (step S128) only when the user has set the sound of alarm at the ON status (step S126) and he has not applied the brakes (step S127).
  • the sound of alarm is not issued notwithstanding the rear-end collision alarm or the car-to-car danger alarm has been selected. Only no sound of alarm is issued in the case of the car-to-car alert alarm as described above.
  • the distance Lc or Ls to the object for measurement is displayed in the unit of 1 m, for example, in the LED part 21 which is provided in the display part 10.

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  1. Kraftfahrzeug-Alarmeinrichtung zur Anzeige des Abstandes von Wagen zu Wagen, die geeignet ist, einen Abstand zwischen dem eigenen Automobil des Anwenders und einem Objekt, das vor dem eigenen Automobil vorliegt, durch eine Abstands-Meßeinrichtung (1 - 7, 9) zu messen, um einen Abstand zu einem Objekt in einer vorgeschriebenen Vielzahl von Richtungen zu messen, abhängig von der Emittierung eines Lichtstrahles in der Vielzahl von Richtungen, Beurteilung des Vorliegens oder der Abwesenheit von Gefahr basierend auf so erhaltenen Abstandsdaten und Ausgabe eines Alarmes in dem Fall, wo es als gefährlich beurteilt wird, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie umfaßt:
    eine erste Diskriminiereinrichtung (9) zum Vergleich einer Veränderung des Abstandes, der in einer ersten und einer zweiten Messung in der gleichen Richtung durch die Abstands-Messeinrichtung (1 - 7, 9) bei einem Fahrabstand des eigenen Automobils gemessen wird und Entscheidung, ob ein Objekt, das in dieser Richtung vorliegt, ein sich bewegendes Objekt oder ein feststehendes Objekt ist;
    eine zweite Diskriminiereinrichtung (9), um, wenn die erste Diskriminiereinrichtung (9) das Vorliegen von nicht weniger als einer vorgeschriebenen Anzahl von feststehenden Objekten vor dem eigenen Automobil festgestellt hat, Abstandsdaten derselben in Beziehung zu setzen, um die Standardabweichung aufzufinden und Vergleich der erhaltenen Standardabweichungen mit einem vorgeschriebenen Wert, um hierdurch zu entscheiden, ob die feststehenden Objekte ausschließlich keine Hindernisse sind, die nicht in der Lage sind, die Bewegung des eigenen Automobils zu behindern;
    eine Gefahr-Entscheidungseinrichtung (9) zum Entscheiden über das Vorliegen oder die Abwesenheit von Gefahr durch eine vorgeschriebene Entscheidungsformel in Abhängigkeit von der Art des Objektes, das durch die erste Diskriminiereinrichtung (9) oder die zweite Diskriminiereinrichtung (9) festgestellt wird; und
    eine Alarm-Ausgabeeinrichtung (10) zur Ausgabe eines vorgeschriebenen Alarmes, wenn die Gefahr-Entscheidungseinrichtung (9) das Vorliegen von Gefahr festgestellt hat.
  2. Kraftfahrzeug-Alarmeinrichtung zur Anzeige des Abstandes von Wagen zu Wagen nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Gefahr-Entscheidungseinrichtung (9) ausgerüstet ist mit einem ersten Alarm, der auszugeben ist, wenn es sich in einem solchen Zustand befindet, der eine Abbremsung oder ein Anlegen der Bremsen erfordert und mit einem zweiten Alarm, der auszugeben ist, wenn es sich in einem solchen Zustand befindet, der noch nicht eine Abbremsung oder ein Anlegen der Bremsen erfordert und Entscheidung der Frage, ob der erste Alarm ausgegeben wird, der zweite Alarm ausgegeben wird oder keiner der Alarme ausgegeben wird gemäß einer ersten Formel betreffend einen Sicherheitsabstand von Wagen zu Wagen und einer zweiten Entscheidungsformel betreffend eine Geschwindigkeitsdifferenz zwischen dem eigenen Automobil und dem Objekt.
  3. Kraftfahrzeug-Alarmeinrichtung zur Anzeige des Abstandes von Wagen zu Wagen nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Gefahr-Entscheidungseinrichtung (9) ausgerüstet ist mit einem ersten Alarm, der auszugeben ist, wenn es sich in einem solchen Zustand befindet, der eine Abbremsung oder ein Anlegen der Bremsen erfordert und mit einem zweiten Alarm, der auszugeben ist, wenn es sich in einem solchen Zustand befindet, der noch nicht die Abbremsung oder das Anlegen der Bremsen erfordert und geeignet ist, selektiv die Frage zu beurteilen, ob der erste Alarm ausgegeben wird, der zweite Alarm ausgegeben wird oder keiner der Alarme ausgegeben wird gemäß einer ersten Formel, die einen Sicherheitsabstand von Wagen zu Wagen in Rechnung stellt und einer zweiten Entscheidungsformel, die eine Geschwindigkeitsdifferenz zwischen dem eigenen Wagen und dem Objekt in Rechnung stellt in Abhängigkeit von der Art des Objektes, das durch die erste Diskriminiereinrichtung (9) oder die zweite Diskriminiereinrichtung (9) festgestellt wird; und
    die Alarm-Ausgabeeinrichtung (10) der Ausgabe eines Alarmes dient gemäß dem Ergebnis der Entscheidung durch die Gefahr-Entscheidungseinrichtung (9).
  4. Kraftfahrzeug-Alarmeinrichtung zur Anzeige des Abstandes von Wagen zu Wagen nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 - 3, wobei die Abstands-Meßeinrichtung (1 - 7, 9) den Lichtstrahl in einer vorgeschriebenen Vielzahl von Richtungen ausgibt, die um einen vorgeschriebenen Winkel verschoben sind.
  5. Kraftfahrzeug-Alarmeinrichtung zur Anzeige des Abstandes von Wagen zu Wagen nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 - 3, wobei die Gefahr-Entscheidungseinrichtung (9) einen numerischen Wert eines vorgeschriebenen Parameters korrigiert, der die Entscheidungsformel bildet, um die Ausgabe eines Alarmes schwierig zu machen, wenn die feststehenden Objekte ausschließlich keine Hindernisse sind.
  6. Kraftfahrzeug-Alarmeinrichtung zur Anzeige des Abstandes von Wagen zu Wagen nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 - 3, wobei die Gefahr-Entscheidungseinrichtung (9) einen numerischen Wert eines vorgeschriebenen Parameters, der die Entscheidungsformel bildet, gemäß dem Wetter korrigiert.
  7. Kraftfahrzeug-Alarmeinrichtung zur Anzeige des Abstandes von Wagen zu Wagen gemäß dem Anspruch 2 oder 3, wobei die Zeittakte zur Ausgabe des ersten Alarmes und des zweiten Alarmes getrennt voneinander durch den Anwender eingestellt werden können, der einen numerischen Wert eines vorgeschriebenen Parameters verändert, welcher in der ersten Entscheidungsformel und/oder der zweiten Entscheidungsformel in Rechnung gestellt wird.
  8. Kraftfahrzeug-Alarmeinrichtung zur Anzeige des Abstandes von Wagen zu Wagen nach Anspruch 7, wobei die Einstellungen der Zeittakte für die Ausgabe des ersten Alarmes und des zweiten Alarmes durch unterschiedliche Einstellung von relevanten Basis-Übertragungszeiten bewirkt werden.
  9. Kraftfahrzeug-Alarmeinrichtung zur Anzeige des Abstandes von Wagen zu Wagen nach Anspruch 2 oder 3, wobei der erste Alarm durch Blinken einer roten Lampe angezeigt wird und der zweite Alarm wenigstens durch das Aufleuchten einer roten Lampe angezeigt wird.
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